"go-bassn" wrote in message ...

There's no rules or standard retrieve for any bass lure, just try everything
& let the fish tell you what they like. There's no difference between a
Slider & any other straight tail finesse worm, though the Slider is one of
the originals.

I agree there's no set way, but if you can eliminate things you can
save yourself a lot of time. For example suppose I'm fishing a
spinnerbait. I can try a slow, medium and fast steady retrieve. Then I
can try a slow, medium, and fast stop and go retrieve. That would just
about cover all the rhythmic retrieves. Now if you have to try varying
your retrieve you have almost infinite combinations left to try. Start
off slow, switch to fast, then stop and go. Stop and go, slow, then
medium.

Maybe I'm thinking too much about this...